Alternatives to Kanboard
Minimalist self-hosted kanban
Kanboard ranks #16 of 24 in Project management, with an Alt Score of 65. It is licensed under MIT, free and available on the web. 12 of 14 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Small teams and individuals who want a self-hosted, no-frills Kanban board for tracking tasks without the overhead of a full project management suite.
A free, open-source (MIT licensed) Kanban board with drag-and-drop cards, customizable columns, and swimlanes. Tasks support subtasks, file attachments, comments, and markdown descriptions. Work-in-progress limits highlight overloaded columns, automation rules can adjust assignees, colors, or categories on events, and a query language lets you search and filter tasks. It supports LDAP, Active Directory, and OAuth2 (Google, GitHub, GitLab) login, and is available in 30+ languages.
You create a project board, define columns for your workflow stages, and add tasks as cards. Cards are dragged between columns as work progresses, with optional WIP limits and automation rules enforcing process along the way.
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Project management checklist (18 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
| Project management checklist | Kanboard | ClickUp | Monday.com | Plane | YouTrack | Teamwork |
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Every fact and feature listed for Kanboard is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Free verified 2026-07-12
If you use Kanboard every day at your company, please consider making a donation.
https://kanboard.org/donations.html -
License MIT verified 2026-07-12
The MIT License (MIT)
https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/blob/master/LICENSE -
Platforms Web verified 2026-07-12
Apache HTTP Server, Nginx, Microsoft IIS, Caddy Server
https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/admin/requirements/ -
Status maintenance verified 2026-07-12
This application is in maintenance mode.
https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/blob/master/README.md -
Kanban boards Yes verified 2026-07-12
With this view, you can drag and drop tasks between columns easily.
https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/boards/ -
Gantt / timeline No verified 2026-07-12
You can extend the features of Kanboard by installing some extensions.
https://kanboard.org/plugins.html -
Calendar view Yes verified 2026-07-12
Switch to the calendar view = v c
https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/keyboard-shortcuts/ -
Custom fields Partial verified 2026-07-12
Custom Fields and advanced GUI for managing them, along with Metadata.
https://kanboard.org/plugins.html -
Dependencies Yes verified 2026-07-12
Tasks can be linked together with predefined relationships
https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/tasks/ -
Time tracking built in Yes verified 2026-07-12
Time tracking information can be defined at the task level or the subtask level.
https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/time_tracking/ -
Automations / rules Yes verified 2026-07-12
To minimize user interaction, Kanboard supports automated actions.
https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/automatic_actions/ -
Guest access Partial verified 2026-07-12
A public board cannot be modified: it has read-only access.
https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/projects/ -
Free tier user limit Yes verified 2026-07-12
If you use Kanboard every day at your company, please consider making a donation.
https://kanboard.org/donations.html -
Agile features (sprints, story points) Partial verified 2026-07-12
Kanboard uses complexity or story points to generate this diagram.
https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/analytics/ -
Docs / wiki built in No verified 2026-07-12
Wiki to document projects.
https://kanboard.org/plugins.html -
Reporting dashboards Yes verified 2026-07-12
Each project has an analytics section.
https://docs.kanboard.org/v1/user/analytics/
FAQ
Yes. ClickUp, Monday.com and YouTrack have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Plane, OpenProject and Leantime — every license claim links its source.